IP Library Granted Patent US 12682649
Granted Patent B2
US 12682649 · App. 18/408,262 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium for determining potential collision of door selected by user

Inventor: Ichiro Yamane (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
G06V20/56B60R1/23G06V10/80G06V20/64
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Patent No.
US 12682649
App. No.
18/408,262
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information processing device is an information processing device for generating driving assistance information for a vehicle. An information processing device includes: a detection data obtainer that obtains detection data, the detection data being three-dimensional data obtained by detecting an object located outside the vehicle; a data complementation that extracts object data from a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of objects stored in advance, the object data being three-dimensional data of the object corresponding to the detection data, and complements the detection data with the object data to generate complementary data that is three-dimensional data; and a data synthesizer that synthesizes the complementary data and vehicle data, the vehicle data being three-dimensional data of the vehicle, to generate synthesized data that is three-dimensional data including the vehicle and an external area of the vehicle.

Claims (38)

1 . An information processor for generating driving assistance information for a vehicle, the information processor comprising:

a detection data obtainer circuit that obtains detection data, the detection data being three-dimensional data obtained by detecting an object located outside the vehicle;

a data complementation circuit that extracts object data from a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of objects stored in advance, the object data being three-dimensional data of the object corresponding to the detection data, and complements the detection data with the object data to generate complementary data that is three-dimensional data; and

a data synthesizing circuit that

accepts, from a user, an input for selecting a specific door among a plurality of doors provided on the vehicle and an input for selecting a door opening and closing angle state of the specific door, and

synthesizes the complementary data and vehicle data, the vehicle data being three-dimensional data of the vehicle related to an open or closed state of the specific door selected by the user and the door opening and closing angle state of the specific door selected by the user, to generate synthesized data that is three-dimensional data including the vehicle and an external area of the vehicle.

2 . The information processor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detection data is three-dimensional data of a part of an outer shape of the object located outside the vehicle, and

the object data includes three-dimensional data of an entirety of the outer shape of the object, the three-dimensional data of the object data being stored in advance.

3 . The information processor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the data complementation circuit adds a portion of the object data, the portion excluding a portion overlapping with the detection data, to the detection data to generate the complementary data.

4 . The information processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores the plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of the objects,

wherein the data complementation circuit extracts, from the plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of the objects stored in the storage, data having a high correlation with the detection data as the object data.

5 . The information processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores the vehicle data,

wherein the data synthesizing circuit generates the synthesized data based on the vehicle data stored in the storage.

6 . The information processor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information processor generates the driving assistance information when the vehicle is parked.

7 . The information processor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detection data obtainer circuit obtains a plurality of pieces of the detection data that are pieces of detection data of objects located at least behind and at a side of the vehicle,

the data complementation circuit extracts a plurality of pieces of the object data based on the plurality of pieces of the detection data, and complements the plurality of pieces of the detection data with the plurality of pieces of the object data to generate a plurality of pieces of the complementary data, and

the data synthesizing circuit generates the synthesized data based on the plurality of pieces of the complementary data and the vehicle data.

8 . The information processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image generator circuit that generates a predetermined image including the vehicle and the external area of the vehicle, based on the synthesized data generated by the data synthesizing circuit,

wherein the image generator circuit generates, as the predetermined image, at least one of an image viewed from a side, an image viewed from above, or an image viewed obliquely, with respect to the vehicle.

9 . An information processor for generating driving assistance information for a vehicle, the information processor comprising:

a detection data obtainer circuit that obtains detection data, the detection data being three-dimensional data obtained by detecting an object located outside the vehicle; and

a synthesizing circuit that

extracts object data from a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of objects stored in advance, the object data being three-dimensional data of the object corresponding to the detection data,

accepts, from a user, an input for selecting a specific door among a plurality of doors provided on the vehicle and an input for selecting a door opening and closing angle state of the specific door, and

synthesizes the detection data, the object data, and three-dimensional data of the vehicle related to an open or closed state of the specific door selected by the user and the door opening and closing angle state of the specific door selected by the user to generate synthesized data that is three-dimensional data.

10 . An information processing method for generating driving assistance information for a vehicle, the information processing method comprising:

obtaining detection data, the detection data being three-dimensional data obtained by detecting an object located outside the vehicle;

extracting object data from a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of objects stored in advance, the object data being three-dimensional data of the object corresponding to the detection data, and complements the detection data with the object data to generate complementary data that is three-dimensional data;

accepting, from a user, an input for selecting a specific door among a plurality of doors provided on the vehicle and an input for selecting a door opening and closing angle state of the specific door, and

synthesizing the complementary data and vehicle data, the vehicle data being three-dimensional data of the vehicle related to an open or closed state of the specific door selected by the user and the door opening and closing angle state of the specific door selected by the user, to generate synthesized data that is three-dimensional data including the vehicle and an external area of the vehicle.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 10 .